The wonderful picture above was taken in the depth of the Jim Crow era. The date, sometime in 1906 and the location was the historic city of St. Augustine, Florida.
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Second Seminole War: Dade Battle, Part I
A tragic seven-year period in Florida history began on December 28, 1835. The nasty business of slavery was still thriving in what was then a territory of the United States and most of the surviving Native Americans were desperately trying...
Read morePrimary Documents – Early Florida Seminole Wars History
Assistant inspector General reports made to U.S. Inspector General: 1817 and 1835-1836. As a member of the Seminole Wars Foundation, it was my pleasure to transcribe some of the original military status reports of the U.S. Army during the early...
Read moreSeminole Indian Wars – Forts
Assistant inspector General reports made to THE Inspector General: 1817 and 1835-1836. As a member of the Seminole Wars Foundation, it was my pleasure to transcribe some of the original military status reports of the U.S. Army during the early...
Read moreSeminole Indian Wars -Primary Documents
Assistant inspector General reports made to THE Inspector General: 1817 and 1835-1836. As a member of the Seminole Wars Foundation, it was my pleasure to transcribe some of the original military status reports of the U.S. Army during the early...
Read moreA Pirate’s Near Execution in Colonial Florida
In the early days of old St. Augustine, Florida, pirates haunted the waters surrounding that Spanish colonial city. They attacked many times, stealing everything they could, burning the town and its wooden fort, and killing Spanish citizens. It...
Read moreSchool Rules in History
Colonial St. Augustine, Florida. Regulations for schools, classrooms, teachers and students. Talk about educational control! If you have ever thought you had a lot of rules to follow in school, check
Read moreWar Dance at Fort Marion: Plains Indian War Prisoners
A Book Review Author – Brad Lookingbill A Native American and Associate Professor of History at Columbia College, Missouri University of Oklahoma Press, 290 p. Brad Lookingbill’s book is a
Read moreSt. Augustine, FL Ceremony: End of the Florida Indian Wars
In 1842, soon after the end of the Second Seminole War, the U.S. Army brought the remains of over 1300 soldiers from across Florida to St. Augustine for interment. Those
Read moreThe FL Indian Wars Ceremony Photo Gallery – St. Augustine, August 18, 2012
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Read moreDade’s Last Command – The Massacre that Started a Florida War
A Book Review Author – Frank Laumer Historian Lives in Dade City, FL Received the D.B. McKay Award from the Florida Park Service for “Distinguished Service in the Cause of Florida History” Reenactor – plays the role of Private...
Read moreTrayvon Martin. Justice in Central Florida?
Civil liberties? Justice? Equality? Safety? All of those things are in question not just north of where I live here in Central Florida but in the rest of this state as well. The recent killing of an African American young man and the release...
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